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Local Stories for November 2012
Stories for Friday, November 30
Big opportunity for veterans to find jobs
Local vets tell KRMG they have amazing skills from their time in the military. In civilian life, those assets can go unnoticed. Saturday morning, the Oklahoma National Guard is bringing employers and soldiers together. The career fair is Saturday at the Sand Springs Armed Forces Reserve Center. The event is ...
Man creates chaos when he walks into an office with a rifle
A mix-up near a midtown Tulsa Bank creates quite a bit of panic this afternoon. Cops cars surround a building with a Spirit Bank near 51st and Harvard just before 2:00 Friday afternoon. Workers called police when they spotted a man with a rifle. Tulsa Police tell KRMG it was ...
SMG named Great Company to Work For
They've got lots of fun and exciting events at the BOK Center and the Convention Center in downtown Tulsa. And apparently, the company that runs those two venues, SMG Management, is a pretty fun company to work for as well. In its December issue, Oklahoma Magazine has named SMG as ...
Tulsa on pace for warmest year on record
Barring a record-cold December, Tulsa is on track to have the warmest year since records starting being kept in the early 1900's. National Weather Service meteorologist Steve Piltz says it won't be anything too dramatic, maybe one-tenth of one degree. "We won't blow it away. We're just going to end ...
Tulsa police officers involved in shooting identified
The Tulsa Police Department has identified the four officers involved in Thursday morning's fatal shooting of a man wanted on suspicion of shooting with intent to kill. The department lists them as: Corporal Matthew Hart, 42 | Date of Hire: 07-06-1999 Officer Eric Spradlin, 38 | Date of Hire: 01-02-2001 ...
Oklahoma Insurance Department spends $180K on guns, police vehicles
The Oklahoma Insurance Department spent more than $180,000 on high-tech shotguns, bulletproof vests and seven police-package vehicles that agency officials say were needed as part of its expanded focus on criminal insurance fraud. But the purchases have raised eyebrows among some lawmakers who question why the agency's nine-member anti-fraud unit ...
Suspected copper thief captured while on a disturbance call
Tulsa police are called out to a disturbance at an abandoned hotel and end up arresting a copper thief. Tulsa police arrest report states 47-year-old Ellis Horne was arrested on Thursday at the Trade Winds Hotel near 51st and Harvard. A security guard called officers out to the scene when ...
East Tulsa mom arrested for dealing drugs
The drug dealing business in Oklahoma isn't a young person's game. A Tulsa police report shows 47-year-old Christine Maafala was arrested on Thursday for several drug related crimes, including intent to distribute. Officers served a warrant to an apartment located on 91st East Avenue in East Tulsa. The arrest report ...
Gas prices jump in Tulsa overnight
Just in time for Christmas, your wallet is about to take a hit. Gas prices jumped a dime overnight to an average of $3.09 per gallon for regular unleaded. “Oh, I didn’t even actually look, ….shoot” one young lady said as she jumped out of her car. “Gas is killing ...
Man arrested after eluding Tulsa police twice
A swerving driver with two intoxicated females inside his car tried to elude Tulsa police officers twice, but failed. Tulsa Police Corporal David Turner told us that during the pursuit, the driver stopped his car behind a Quik Trip convenience store located near 51st and South Peoria at about 2:30 a.m. Friday. Turner said that the suspect got ...
It's Championship weekend in Oklahoma
It’s likely your things to do list has some football on it this weekend. It’s championship week in Oklahoma for high school and college football and it all starts tonight. Boone Pickens stadium in Stillwater will host the 6A state title game as the Jenks Trojans meet Norman North at ...
Stories for Thursday, November 29
American Airlines could have fewer layoffs than expected in Tulsa
Job cuts at the American Airlines maintenance base in Tulsa might not be as severe as first feared. Officials at the Tulsa Metro Chamber of Commerce say that more workers at the base opted for the company's early retirement plan than expected. As a result, fewer involuntary layoffs may be ...
$1 million Powerball ticket sold in Collinsville, jackpot winners in KC, Phoenix
The Oklahoma Lottery has confirmed that a $1 million Powerball ticket from Wednesday night's drawing was purchased at the 4-Way Stop in Collinsville. Lottery officials say the winner has 180 days from Wednesday to claim their winnings at lottery headquarters in Oklahoma City. The lottery also says two $40,000 tickets ...
You can buy Christmas toys for Tulsa Zoo animals
Everybody and Every-THING loves to get a Christmas gift. And the animals at the Tulsa Zoo are no exception. The zoo has started a new program where people can buy "enrichment items" (i.e. toys) for the animals, and then they get to watch as the animals receive them. Sarah Floyd ...
Don't rake your leaves into the street
We're sure it's tempting to rake that mountain of autumn leaves in your yard into the street, instead of taking the time to bag them up. But the City of Tulsa reminds you it's illegal. And it's for a good reason. "When you get leaves blown into the street, they ...
VIDEO: Tulsa helicopter company offers unique view of Christmas lights
One Tulsa company is offering Christmas light fans the opportunity to get a different look at the millions of lights you'll find across town. Tulsa Helicopter offers a unique view that you can't see from the ground. Pilot Dustin Stone took KRMG's Chris Cordt for an aerial look at the ...
Stocking cap stops bullet during random shooting at drivers
Tulsa police have arrested two men and a woman after a series of incidents in which pedestrians pointed a gun at passing cars, pulling the trigger at least twice. In one of the incidents, a man didn't realize he'd been hit in the head until he found the bullet stuck ...
Charges filed in deadly hit-and-run accident
Charges have been filed in the October fatal hit-and-run accident involving a 71-year-old bicyclist. Court records state that 36-year-old Joe Neal Briscoe Jr. was charged on Wednesday with negligent homicide and leaving the scene of a fatality accident. Earl Teske was struck and killed while riding his bike near 193rd East ...
Three-year-old shot, father, grandmother now charged
A three-year-old boy is shot in the leg and his relatives have been arrested. Tulsa arrest report states that the boy's father, Christopher Abel and his grandmother, Cythia Abel and her boyfriend, Darren Wolfe were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the shooting. The shooting occurred on October 12, when the boy ...
Tulsa employment expert shares insights following Tulsa AD suspension
The suspension of University of Tulsa athletic director Ross Parmley because he is part of an FBI gambling investigation has many wondering how it happened in the first place. Lynn Flinn is president of The Rowland Group, a professional staffing agency in Tulsa. She says every company has made mistakes ...
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